Member of the Fashion Council Germany

 

 

 

 

Fellow of The RSA, Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce UK

 

 

 

 

 

Member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion

 

 

 

 

Member of the Systemic Design Association

 

 

 

Mar 1996 - Jul 2001 Fashion Design, University of Applied Sciences HAW Hamburg, Diplom Modedesigner, 'Excellence'

 

Oct 1993 - Feb 1996 Law, Georg-August University Goettingen

 

 

Further Education:

 

Feb 2021 Embedding Sustainability into the Curriculum, SEDA accredited course

 

Jun 2018 Circular Economy Teaching & Learning, Higher Education workshop, Ellen MacArthur Foundation London

 

Oct 2017 Higher Education Didactics, course Friedrich-Schiller University Jena

 

Mar + May 2017 Design Thinking, workshop I + II Hamburg Kreativgesellschaft

 

Feb 2017 Social Media Manager, certificate Social Media Akademie Mannheim

 

Dec 2013 Storytelling, international workshop NORDWINDfestival Hamburg

 

Apr 1996 English, foreign language certificate Georg-August University Goettingen

 

 

 

May 2024 Nomination for Researcher of the Year, Birmingham City University

 

Mar 2023 RAAD research funding for Designing for a Closed Fashion Loop – A Methodological Guide and Tool

 

Aug 2022 Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK

 

Jan 2022 RAAD research funding for Material Matters, Birmingham City University

 

May 2021 Nomination for Changemakers Prize, British Fashion Council

 

May 2021 Nomination as Inspirational Teacher of the Year, Birmingham City University

 

Feb 2021 Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK

 

Oct 2018 otherways[project] at exhibition for German Federal Award Bundespreis Ecodesign, Kulturforum Berlin

 

Mar 2018 3rd place at Circular Fashion Games Eindhoven/Amsterdam

 
Feb 2005 2nd place at competition WeddingDress#1 Berlin

 

Jan + Aug 2002 invitation grants for Les Jeunes Créateurs, Who's Next Paris

 

Jan 2001 Exhibiton Best Diplomas of 2000 at HAW Hamburg


Apr 1999 1st place at competition Personnel Uniforms Karstadt Sport Hamburg